I love homemade muffins since they satisfy my craving for a snack any time of day. And they're so easy to throw together. Whisk the dry ingredients. Stir the wet ingredients. Mix the two together until combined (but don't overmix) and bake. Oh, do you know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man,
Oh, do you know the muffin man,
That lives on Drury Lane?
where I found a recipe for Lemon-Lime Madeleine Muffins. Since I have a little-used mini madeleine pan, I thought I'd make Madeleine Muffins using Dorie's recipe. Served alongside some homemade chili, I had the perfect lunch.Recipe
For me, the recipe made 12 mini madeleines, 12 mini muffins and 8 regular-sized muffins. I baked the minis for half the time stated in the recipe (10 minutes).
1 cup yellow cornmeal, stone-ground
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1½ teaspoons chili powder, or more to taste
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup buttermilk
1 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 large egg yolk
¼ cup corn kernels
1 small jalapeño pepper, seeded, deveined and finely diced
¼ red bell pepper, seeded deveined and finely diced
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
You can find the recipe for Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins in the book Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan or here. To see how the rest of the TWD group fared with this week's recipe, click here and then click on each blogger!
Tasting NotesThese muffins have the perfect combination of spice and heat to go with many main dishes, and can be tweaked to fit many different palates. For more spice, add more chili pepper and jalapeños or take the spice out all together for a more corn muffin flavor. As well, the texture was excellent since it didn't crumble but was moist and cake-like. These muffins would be delicious with scrambled eggs, in a bread bowl at a Super Bowl Party, but we thought they were perfect with chili, which I'll post about soon.
"You don't get tired of muffins, but you don't find inspiration in them."
— George Bernard Shaw, British playwright and critic (although likely referring to English Muffins)
Berry Surprise Cake on pages 273-275 chosen by Mary Ann of Meet Me in the Kitchen.
Some sweet muffin ideas:
• Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Pumpkin Muffins
40 comments:
I love the madeleines! I was trying to figure out how you made them in that gorgeous shape, but of course (said with French accent). What a great idea...I have a madeleine pan but hardly ever make madeleines (tho, on the other hand, should make those more too).
These were good weren't they? They're wonderful in madeleine form.
Oh, I love the little minis and the little mini Madeleines! You know how I love little one or two bite things, so these are so perfect...I am definitely adding this to my recipe...thanks for the info on how many of each it made, that is so helpful when you do that! Yours looks so pretty and nice...very beautiful!
Cute madeleines! Fun idea!
Madeline muffins! Oh my! Lovely, just lovely.
Love the little madeleines! I am so glad that you liked these. I think yours look beautiful in all of their assorted forms. Looking forward to hearing about your chili, too!
Wow, how creative. I love the madeleines!
These look delicious!
Beautiful pictures! I think I say that on all of your pictures! :)
These muffins were pretty good and sooooo colorful. YOurs look great, but the madeleines look even better....
you are a genius- these look great!
Yours always look so cute.
Your pictures are gorgeous as always. Mini-madeleines! How cute. Your muffins look great.
Awesome photos! Muffins look wonderfully delectable!
Awww.... those pretty little madeleine muffins look sooo cute!
I thought they tasted amazing!
Dangit, I should have gone with madeleines too. Mini muffins were wonderful, but I just love the shape of madeleins. Beautiful!
AH! ha! Little corn madeleines! Cute! ...and perfect for breakfast! A mix of the New and the Old Worlds!
Hummm... would you be giving in the politicaly correct, now? LOL
Beautiful as usual, Shari!
awe. . . madeleines! So creative. I loved these muffins!
love the madeleines. you're right, these would go really good with scrambled eggs.
I love the out of the box thinking with the madeleine mold!
i always forget how great savory muffins are. this is a great reminder looks awesome!
These look really delicious. Love the various forms you chose!
I love the look of those muffins - I don't like cakes and things but muffins made with corn and pepper....Oooh I would like those!
Your muffins look delicious...and I agree with Mr. Shaw...sometimes it's hard to find inspiration in a muffin....but these were INSPIRING!
Using the madeleine pans was a great idea. And congratulations on your anniversary!
What an excellent use of a madeleine mold. Mine is under used as well, but now might be seeing some corn muffin action.
I've always been more of a savoury breakfast kind of guy, so this sounds right up my alley!
I love muffins especially homemade one..Thank you for the post..Can't wait to try this..
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I love Tuesdays with Dorrie! These muffins popping up all over sound and look fabulous!
aw...the madeleines are absolutely perfect, especially because they're resting on a glorious bed of cilantro. :)
Great picture on the Madeline muffin on the cilantro. Beautiful job!
Eureka! What a great idea. They look good Shari
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How pretty! Lovely presentation. You took these muffins uptown.
Those cornbread madeleines look like fun! I'm glad these worked out for you.
Love all the different shapes! What a great idea!!!!
I think I'm going to use my madeleines pans way more often from now on. Madeleine-shaped muffins, here I come! :) Thanks for sharing your creative ideas with us, they're always so inspiring.
Those look very delicious!
I made something similar a few times but started off with a Jiffy mix :)
I also like adding cheese.
yum! i really like savoury muffins. having them around is like having the best tasty snack ever! these look fab.
Nice recipe.. I definitely appreciate that bit of extra heat from savory muffins.
way to make use of that madeleine pan! :) they look so cute. glad you liked them. i think the mini or madeleine size is just perfect!
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